"Mark Nelson" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Web Services are generally preferred in the folloiwng scenarios
> 1. Application Interoperability
> 2. If both producer and consumer of the application are running under
> different platform
>
> Please refer the link for more details ....
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/bdadotnetarch16.asp
>
> Pls let me know if you need more information
> --
> Thanks & Regards,
> Mark Nelson
>
>
> "fallenidol" wrote:
>
> > i am wondering if someone can give me their opinion on when to use web
> > services. I am of the opinion that web services are generally best suited to
> > be consumed by clients and provided by a 3rd party and not consumed from the